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<br />Organizational Characteristic 15 <br /> <br />Ongoing Monitoring for Potential <br />Disasters <br /> <br />Caution! <br />Emergency manage- <br />ment officials were <br />surprised the last <br />time the community <br />experienced severe <br />weather. <br /> <br />Description of Characteristic <br /> <br />The organizational structure should provide for an emergency management <br />monitoring function staffed on a 24-hour basis. The purpose of this function is to <br />monitor the development of potential disaster situations so that governmental <br />employees, and the general public, can be placed on various stages of alert as <br />appropriate. In addition, this function assists the community in rapidly establishing an <br />accurate and complete understanding of the nature and magnitude of a particular <br />situation. <br /> <br />Characteristics afEffective Emergency Management Organization Structures <br /> <br />81 <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br /> <br />. <br />